Config variables [multi dimensional array] references in modules?

[darrenc]

Somatonic made a module to make image variations, of a custom size, upon uploading them. https://gist.github.com/somatonic/5685631 

It works great but it has values hardcoded into the code.

        $image->size(120,120);
        $image->size(1000,0);

I thought that it might make sense to use the config.php to create a multidimensional array for my thumbnail sizes, that way I could reference them from the module as well as my template. 

// in config.php
$config->imageSizes["foo"] = ["width" => 12, "height" => 34];
$config->imageSizes["bar"] = ["width" => 56, "height" => 78];

But back in my module, when I try to loop through $config->imageSizes or $this->config->imageSizes I seem to get absolutely nothing. I'm also not the best programmer so I'm having a hard time figuring out how I can debug something like this that only fires when an image gets uploaded - I tried wire("log")->save("debug", $myOutput) which could be not the best move.

Any help appreciated - the goal is to have one reference set of sizes and then be able to refer to it in the module as well as my templates. Thanks!

[Robin S]

It seems you must define the multidimensional array in $config in a single statement:

$config->imageSizes = [
    "foo" => ["width" => 12, "height" => 34],
    "bar" => ["width" => 56, "height" => 78],
];

Someone else may know the reason for this.

[darrenc]

Thanks Robin, I'm sort of confused why that mattered but you're right that I now have a proper multidimensional array...

However now, upon upload, the image sizes get created but the upload thumbnail continues to hang in the "working" state http://imgur.com/a/ZkWco

I can't save the page and obviously a reload dumps the images. Any thoughts? My code:

		// return empty array if not set
		$sizes = isset($this->config->imageSizes) ? $this->config->imageSizes : [];
		// loop through the sizes and create the images
		if (count($sizes)) {
			foreach ($sizes as $size) {
				$image->size($size["width"], $size["height"]);
			}
		}

 

[Robin S]

This is working for me (PW 3.0.40)...

/site/config.php

$config->imageSizes = [
	"foo" => ["width" => 200, "height" => 200],
	"bar" => ["width" => 400, "height" => 0],
];

/site/ready.php

$this->addHookAfter('InputfieldFile::fileAdded', function($event) {
	$inputfield = $event->object;
	if($inputfield->name != 'images') return; // needs to match the name of your images field
	// alternatively, to use for all image fields...
	// if($inputfield->class != 'FieldtypeImage') return;
	$image = $event->argumentsByName("pagefile");
	$sizes = isset($this->config->imageSizes) ? $this->config->imageSizes : [];
	if(count($sizes)) {
		foreach($sizes as $size) {
			$image->size($size["width"], $size["height"]);
		}
	}
});

You won't see the variations immediately inside PageEdit, but you can see them after you save the page.

[darrenc]

Thanks so much Robin, that definitely does work for me as well. I wish I understood the "why" of this a bit better (the array weirdness, and why ready.php worked differently from the module when not hard-coded), but I guess I'll plow ahead and return to this later.

Thanks again for your help.